I didn't notice that when I looked at the list. I just saw the Fried Southern Hospitality with the pork greens & cornbread. Oh...and I'm like on the verge of getting my ass kicked about a piece of twice-fried chicken...when these things will be going down in Texas.. Lol

A biscuit/gravy experiment was posted a few years back. Don't know if it will be the same. It will be interesting to at least see what happens. I guess. Maybe.

I didn't notice that when I looked at the list. I just saw the Fried Southern Hospitality with the pork greens & cornbread. Oh...and I'm like on the verge of getting my ass kicked about a piece of twice-fried chicken...when these things will be going down in Texas.. Lol

A biscuit/gravy experiment was posted a few years back. Don't know if it will be the same. It will be interesting to at least see what happens. I guess. Maybe.

Poutine yum yum yum!Eggplant friesI don't know which ice cream. The bacon comes in a cute little bacon cup and the cereal killer ice cream is usually very good (Christina Tosi at Momofuku Milk Bar in NYC invented that concept). If they had Cap'n Crunch flavor I'd do a 50/50 split with bacon.

This year the "Big Rib" (I would have called it the "Fair Rib" but nobody asked me)will steal the show at the California State Fair....

The Big Rib is 2 pounds of USDA prime beef attached to a 17-inch-long rib, giving a new dimension to the "on a stick" template. "We needed to find a barbecue product to compete with the turkey leg, something different but similar," explained Big Rib creator and veteran concessionaire Dominick Palmieri. "Everybody wants something on a stick, so the rib bone is the stick. We did six months of research and development to get it to where it is."

State Fair is just around the corner. Courtesy of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here is a list of some of the new food at this year's fair:

It's a (bacon) wrap: How about a deluxe deep-fried bacon-wrapped cheddar hot dog on-a-stick? Or perhaps some deep-fried bacon-wrapped Tater Tots on-a-stick? Or for the purist: deep-fried bacon (bacon chunks battered, deep-fried and served with dipping sauce). No, bacon is not going away.

Deep-fried: New to bubbling oil this year -- brownies, shortcake, cheesecake, Twinkies, ice cream, cookie dough and pizza (served, incidentally, on a stick)

On the sweet side: Sprecher soda sorbet, in grape, root beer and orange flavors; red velvet funnel cakes with cream cheese drizzle. And, drumroll -- frozen custard. Oddly enough, this frozen favorite has not been at State Fair before, at least not in recent history, according to Chuckel.

There really needs to be a reality show about State Fairs. It would be very interesting. A combination of behind-the-scenes product development through sales...and people willing to walk around holding and eating things...like that big ass corn dog. Marone...that's big.